Life sucks today. More caffeine withdrawals. Gotta remember to choke down some Diet Coke first thing in the morning or I end up with "cloudy head" all day.
Today the stiffness and swelling has spread to my ears and teeth. Yes, my teeth hurt. And I am SOOOO tired of applesauce.
Day 3 sucks ass. Just like everyone told me it would. My jaw is so sore. It feels like a gave 100 BJs, but unfortunately for my husband, that is not the case. I don't want to eat anything. I had to force myself to eat some Ramen and some applesauce. Oh, and the caffeine withdrawals this morning did not help. Thank God Joe thought that one through and had some Diet Coke stashed in the fridge for me. The only reason I got out of bed today is because my housekeeper comes in the morning and I had to pick up a little. I'm dizzy and loopy -- not sure if it's 48 constant hours of Lortab, or the lack of food intake, or both. Overall today sucks.
Things are going better than I expected. The pain is pretty manageable. I mean, I don't want to go out for Indian food, but I can put down applesauce and cottage cheese just fine. Thank God for this huge bottle of Liquid Lortab. I take it every 4 hours, and the 3rd hour gets pretty painful, so I try to sleep through that hour. Here's the routine I have going on:
Woke up from the surgery disoriented, nauseous, and in a lot of pain. They quickly took care of the second two with meds in my IV! Now I'm just EXHAUSTED. It's like I've never slept. I have been sleeping since I got home and still not rested. I'm not in much pain, but my throat is SO swollen. Almost swollen shut and hard to breath, even through my nose. I was able to drink 1/2 a Jamba juice, some chicken broth, and even a little soggy garlic bread. Overall not as bad as I thought, but I hear that day 3 will be a bitch.
I have bad luck with concerts. Ask anyone who follows me on Facebook. My status updates are constantly "this show got canceled" or "that show got canceled."
This pattern has been especially painful and annoying in relationship to my favorite artist, Brandi Carlile. If you are not familiar with her work, look it up. UH-MAZ-ING. But my luck in seeing her in concert this summer: not so amazing.
Let me just give you a little time line of my pain and suffering:
July 2010: Brandi plays at the Red Butte summer concert series. Joe and I had been at a wedding in South Dakota. We planned to drive home in time, but we got delayed an extra day due to bad weather.
August 2010: Brandi is scheduled to play at Lilith Fair in Houston. I book a flight and make plans to stay with my good friend, Stephany. Two days after I book my flight, Lilith Fair is canceled due to "poor ticket sales". (Steph and I still had a great time!)
September 2010: I NEED to see Brandi so I track her down in Vegas and book a 4-night trip. Then I realize she's not the headliner -- she's opening for Sheryl Crow. Gag me. I really don't want to pay $75 to hear 5 Brandi songs and 40 Sheryl songs. While I'm trying to decide whether or not to buy the tickets, Brandi announces an acoustic show in Salt Lake only three days after the Vegas show. So excited! It's the solution to my dilemma -- skip Sheryl Crow, enjoy Vegas, and come home a few hours early so I can make it to the Brandi show here! Perfect!
If only it worked out that way.....
So I'm in Vegas. Sheryl Crow postpones her show. Brandi and her band have nothing to do for three days. So what do they do? They head to Salt Lake three days early and put on an impromptu show on Sunday night! WHILE I'M STUCK IN VEGAS. I was nearly in tears when I saw the announcement on FaceBook. It was the epitome of irony.
It gets better.
During that show, Brandi announces to all her adoring fans (except me) that they will be playing ANOTHER impromptu show in Salt Lake the following night. WHILE I'M STILL STUCK IN VEGAS. Can you honestly believe this?
She played her debut album, "Brandi Carlile," in its entirety on Sunday. She played her second album, "The Story," in its entirety on Monday. I finally got back in town on Tuesday just in time for the third amazing show, during which she played her new album, "Give up the Ghost," in its entirety.
The Tuesday-night show sold out months ago, in just a few hours. That makes me the TRUE fan, right? But somehow, I ended up feeling like "leftovers". There was such an energetic feeling in the intimate venue, as if Brandi and all these people, who had been there the two preceding nights, were now best friends. And I missed so many of my favorite songs :(
But I can't complain. Brandi rocked it. She always does. Her songs are sexy, her voice is sexy, and she is sexy. I tracked this woman through 4 states and 6 concerts in the last 3 months. That is true devotion! And it was worth the wait.
Finally! The doctor agreed to take my tonsils out!
I have wanted these things out for years. On the size scale from 1-5, mine have been a "five plus" for as long as I can remember. Well, ok, only since I was a smoker. My bad. I guess I deserve this surgery now.
I've heard that adult tonsil removal is hell. And I've SEEN that hell first hand that since both my brother and my sister got their tonsils out as adults. But honestly I don't even care. I will be so happy when I no longer get food stuck in my throat, snore, or feel like I'm always swallowing my own tonsils. And the best part is ... I get two weeks off work! Unfortunately, I had to schedule the surgery the week before our next trip to South Dakota, so I'll have to spend my vacation recovering, but that is okay with me.
So if you want to give me a gift card to Emerald City or Jamba Juice around Sept 27, that would be cool with me ;)
i have this friend his name is lew he is so annoying i don't know what to do
lew takes good photos this i can't deny but i want to slap the shit out of him and poke him in the eye
lew just bought a condo it's really cute and big but even though i like his house sometimes he's a misogynist pig
lew also got a puppy she is super cute but lew is guatemalan and no one gives a hoot
lew is right here with me while i'm writing this dumb poem he needs to stop pissing me off or i'm going to tell him to go home
Saturday, September 4, 2010
looks like we're finally going to get a good Shakira album if this single is any indicator. i've been disappointed with pretty much everything since ?donde estan los ladres?
have you seen the show "hoarders" on A&E? that is what my music collection looks like.
stats:
67 GB
498 artists
1043 albums
11,077 songs
with so many choices, my favorites are always changing. lately i'm into girls. hot girls with sexy voices. quite often lesbians. and good lyrics don't hurt.
the archandroid by janelle monae selected song: cold war
give up the ghost by brandi carlile selected song: dying day
the story by brandi carlile selected song: turpentine
brandi carlile by brandi carlile selected song: sixty years on
rockferry by duffy selected song: mercy
lungs by florence + the machine selected song: raise it up
lessons to be learned by gabriella cilmi selected song: cigarettes and lies
made of bricks by kate nash selected song: foundations
19 by adele selected song: chasing pavements
back to blackby amy winehouse selected song: tears dry on their own
wild young hearts by the noisettes selected song: so complicated
begin to hope by regina spektor selected song: apres moi
eleven eleven by regina spektor selected song: buildings
donde estan los ladrones by shakira selected song: no creo
pies descalzos by shakira selected song: antologia
so jealous by tegan and sara selected song: fix you up
if it was you by tegan and sara selected song: living room
this business of art by tegan and sara selected song: all you got
Day 3 sucks ass. Just like everyone told me it would. My jaw is so sore. It feels like a gave 100 BJs, but unfortunately for my husband, that is not the case. I don't want to eat anything. I had to force myself to eat some Ramen and some applesauce. Oh, and the caffeine withdrawals this morning did not help. Thank God Joe thought that one through and had some Diet Coke stashed in the fridge for me. The only reason I got out of bed today is because my housekeeper comes in the morning and I had to pick up a little. I'm dizzy and loopy -- not sure if it's 48 constant hours of Lortab, or the lack of food intake, or both. Overall today sucks.
I have bad luck with concerts. Ask anyone who follows me on Facebook. My status updates are constantly "this show got canceled" or "that show got canceled."
the archandroid
give up the ghost
the story
brandi carlile
rockferry 
lungs
lessons to be learned
made of bricks
19 
back to black by amy winehouse
wild young hearts
begin to hope
eleven eleven
donde estan los ladrones
pies descalzos
so jealous
if it was you
this business of art
